Over the centuries dispensationalism has been strongly debated. Today, two often asked questions are what is dispensationalism and why do we need it? In order for us to answer these questions we must first understand three basic aspects of dispensationalism. ... Due to this and the fact that our purpose is to see the need dispensationalism provides, we will not go into much detail. ... Now that we have learned what a dispensation is, the characteristics of a dispensation and the names of the specific dispensations, it is time to take a look at the needs we have for dispensationalism. ... But one chapter before in II Timothy 2:15 Paul says “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
According to Paul there is some type of divisions that need to be made by a worker presenting himself approved unto God. Many Christians are not willing to take up the task of studying and dividing the word, claiming that all they need to know is just as a blind man Jesus healed said, “…though I was blind, now I see.” Though this is great to know, particularly at the point of spiritual birth, scripture clearly does not tell us this is the only thing we need to know. ... Stam quotes from his book Things that Differ, “rather than study to attain a better understanding of the word and become proficient in its use, many actually boast that they are satisfied with ‘the simple things’. ...
Through some of the examples we have just seen dispensationalism seems to be scriptural. ... One of the essentials of dispensationalism is that you must interpret scripture literally. ...
Therefore, take every word at its primary,
ordinary, usual, literal meaning unless the
facts of the context indicate clearly otherwise. ... Dispensationalism is the only theology, which consistently uses the literal method of interpretation.
Another essential part of dispensationalism is to view Israel and the Church separately from one another. ...
As we interpret scripture literally we will also see the third essential to dispensationalism and that is that the unifying principle of the Bible is the Glory of God. ...
We have seen that dispensationalism leads us to distinctions within the Bible. ... This just shows further the need of dispensations. ... I believe these points show another strong need for dispensationalism.
In showing why we need dispensationalism I would like to give five points from J. ...
As I summarize what we have learned, let me say that I set out to find why dispensationalism helps and why we need it, but to my surprise and dismay found little on the help and the need of dispensationalism. ... It was through the study and research of this approach to scripture that I found the help it provides and the need for it to be taught more often. We have seen how it gives us the answers to the need for Biblical distinctions.
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